Firm and politician within the law or sharing guilt? (9)
I believe the answer is:
complicit
'sharing guilt?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'firm and politician within the law' is the wordplay.
'firm' becomes 'co' (a firm is a company).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'politician' becomes 'mp'.
'within the law' becomes 'licit' (I've seen this before).
'co'+'mp'+'licit'='COMPLICIT'
'or' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for complicit that I've seen before include "guilty with others?" , "Conspiring in illegal activity" , "Unlawfully involved" , "Sharing guilt" , "Being involved in wrongdoing" .)